economizer

[ih-kon-uh-mahy-zer]

noun

a person who economizes.

(in a boiler) a device for warming feed water with gases entering the chimney or stack.

Origin of economizer

First recorded in 1830–40; economize + -er¹

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Historical Examples of economizer

Nature, said Lester Ward, is a spendthrift, man an economizer.
Philosophy and The Social Problem
Will Durant
It is composed of two parts, the boiler proper and the “economizer.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2
Various
Over each boiler is an opening to the economizer floor above, covered with an iron grating.
The New York Subway
Anonymous
The pre-heated air and vapor leave the economizer and enter the producer through a passageway near the top and above the fuel bed.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910
Herbert M. Wilson
From the economizer the gas is drawn through a wet scrubber where it undergoes a further cooling and is cleansed of dirt and dust.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910
Herbert M. Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for economizer

economizer

economiser

noun

a device that uses the waste heat from a boiler flue to preheat the feed water

a person or thing that economizes

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